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I have installed Ubuntu for Windows 10 Subsystem (WSL2) following all the steps in the official information page. When I click Ubuntu from the start menu of Windows 10, it outputs this:

Welcome to Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (GNU/Linux 4.19.104-microsoft-standard x86_64)

    

  • Documentation:  https://help.ubuntu.com
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  • Management:     https://landscape.canonical.com
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  • Support:        https://ubuntu.com/advantage
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System information as of Sat Aug  8 17:13:27 CEST 2020


System load:  0.35               Processes:             8
  Usage of /:   0.5% of 250.98GB   Users logged in:       0
  Memory usage: 1%                 IPv4 address for eth0: 172.25.240.158
  Swap usage:   0%


0 updates can be installed immediately.
0 of these updates are security updates.


The list of available updates is more than a week old.
To check for new updates run: sudo apt update


This message is shown once once a day. To disable it please create the
/home/iskandar/.hushlogin file.
iskandar@iskandarbasal-dell-2019:~$

My question is: How can I proceed to get the home interface of Ubuntu and use it from a graphical interface? Where can I create the file which is indicated in the above message?

BeastOfCaerbannog
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iskandar
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By default WSL comes without a Desktop Envirnoment or a window system.

There is way though you can run GUI apps by installing an X Server.

There is an article in microsoft techcommunity site covering that here.

The author provides steps by installing VcXsrv Windows X Server and exporting the "DISPLAY" variable

export DISPLAY="`grep nameserver /etc/resolv.conf | sed 's/nameserver //'`:0"

( You will need to add that command to /etc/bash.bashrc to make it permanent )

GeoMint
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